To complete these problems, first read the chapter. When you are finished, go to LaunchPad and open the Exploring with Google Earth file for this chapter. Click on the “Workbook Problems” folder to “fly” to each of the problems listed below and answer the questions. Be sure to keep your “Borders and Labels” layer activated. Refer to Appendix 4 if you need help using Google Earth.
PROBLEM 8.1 This placemark is located in Québec, Canada.
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1.What biome is found at this placemark?
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2.Zoom in and out. Pan around. Notice the forest’s checkerboard pattern. What activity has caused this pattern?
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PROBLEM 8.2 This placemark location is persistently rainy and many streams can be seen on the ground.
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1.What is the latitude of this location?
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2.What biome is found here?
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3.What country is this?
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PROBLEM 8.3 Zoom out to about 800 km (500 mi) eye altitude. Then zoom back in to the placemark by double-clicking it again.
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1.What is the latitude of this location?
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8.19
2.What biome was once at this placemark?
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3.What caused the open fields seen here?
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4.Zoom in until you can see the circular feature at the placemark. Based on your reading in this chapter, what is the placemarked circular feature?
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5.What is the diameter of this feature?
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PROBLEM 8.4 This placemark lands on two georeferenced photographs of dozens of hippopotamuses wallowing in a mud pool. Note that the photos are duplicates and that they are not accurately georeferenced, as they do not align with the river precisely.
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1.In what country is this placemark?
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2.Zoom in to the photos and survey the surrounding vegetation. Based on your assessment of the vegetation in this imagery and the location of this placemark, what is this biome? The hippos themselves provide a clue. You can also use the textbook’s biome maps for help.
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PROBLEM 8.5 This placemark lands in the Southern Hemisphere in a thickly forested biome.
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1.In what country is this placemark?
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2.Based on your reading in this chapter and the text biome maps, what biome is this?
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3.What kinds of trees make up this forest?
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PROBLEM 8.6 This placemark is located in a large desert in central Eurasia.
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1.In what country is this placemark?
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2.What is the name of this desert?
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3.What is the elevation at this placemark?
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4.What kind of desert is this?
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PROBLEM 8.7 This placemark highlights a locally intense human impact on the environment.
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1.Based on your reading in the text, what is the purpose of this large pit?
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2.What is the diameter of the pit?
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3.What country is this?
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PROBLEM 8.8 Deactivate any open overlays and activate the Forest Canopy Heights overlay in this folder. This overlay shows the heights of existing forests worldwide, ranging from a few meters (light green) to 70 meters (darkest green areas). Activate your Borders and Labels layer, if it is not already activated, to help orient yourself.
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1.What biome is found at this placemark?
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PROBLEM 8.9 Keep the Forest Canopy Heights overlay activated to answer this question.
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1.What kind of forest is found at this placemark?
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PROBLEM 8.10 Keep the Forest Canopy Heights overlay activated to answer these questions. This placemark falls in northern Eurasia.
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1.What is this placemark’s latitude?
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2.What biome is this?
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3.What is the name for the limits of the forest here?
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PROBLEM 8.11 Keep the Forest Canopy Heights overlay activated to answer these questions. This placemark falls in northern Eurasia.
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1.What is this placemark’s approximate elevation?
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2.What biome is this?
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3.What is the name for the limits of the forest here?